---
type: "Bill"
title: "Murphy Branch Corridor Reduction."
description: "Murphy Branch Corridor Reduction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1168"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1168 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "COUNTIES", "LANDOWNERS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RAILROADS", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "CHEROKEE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "MURPHY", "ANDREWS", "PROPERTY-STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-05-22"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b05a88b-3820-4f1e-ac95-e416d3b536e2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H1168&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bef1a9a111c9b88e0d42673f82088a0f9aeb88341874a66862c61bee847b470c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina HB 1168 (2019) — Murphy Branch Corridor Reduction.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1168v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1168v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1168v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1168v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1168v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2020-59** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1168v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corbin — primary (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-06-30** Ch. SL 2020-59 `became-law`
- **2020-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-24** Pres. To Gov. 6/24/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-24** Ratified
- **2020-06-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2020-06-23** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2020
- **2020-06-22** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2020-06-22** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2020-06-22** Special Message Sent To House
- **2020-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-19** Placed On Cal For 06/22/2020
- **2020-06-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2020-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-17** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2020-06-17** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2020-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-01** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2020-05-28** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-05-28** Special Message Received From House
- **2020-05-28** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2020-05-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-05-28** Added to Calendar
- **2020-05-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2020-05-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-27** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2020-05-26** Placed On Cal For 05/27/2020
- **2020-05-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2020-05-26** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- **2020-05-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-22** Ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-05-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b05a88b-3820-4f1e-ac95-e416d3b536e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).